YFred wrote:Now I understand why Alex the not so great invaded lands all the way to India.
What you fail to appreciate is that "Alexis" strove to prevent further belligerent, costly Persian excursions into the civilised world and that "Alexis" extended the realm of the civilised world all the way to India. Not by enslavement, but by Liberation! The transfer of knowledge on an unprecedented scale! Not enslavement as we know from Ottomans/Turks and Brits, but
enlightenment and
progress. Transition of Archimedean principles, Aristotelian philosophy etc ... all very much appreciated by the recipients, as my Nepalese neighbour would testify.
Now, what have the effing Turks done to the Greek world apart from enslave it?